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Nigeria Set to Commemorate 2024 World Breastfeeding Week The Nigerian government has lined up a series of activities to mark this year’s World Breast Feeding Week, which is...

Addressing Corruption in Nigeria’s Health Sector By Chinedu Moghalu Early this month, the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)...

ABUTH Resident Doctors Embark On Five-Day Warning Strike The Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) branch of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has begun a five-day...

UNAIDS Seeks $29 Billion Fund To End HIV Epidemic The Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) is soliciting an increase in annual investments in HIV responses to...

FG, Colgate Sign MOU To Increase Oral Health Awareness The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...

MSF Concerned Over High Rise Of Malnutrition In Bauchi Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF), a medical humanitarian organisation, has voiced its concerns regarding the increasing number of malnutrition cases...

Enugu Government Warns Against Self-Medication for Malaria The Enugu State Government has cautioned Nigerians against self-medication for malaria, emphasizing that not all fevers are caused by the disease....

Federal Government Vows to Deploy Cholera Vaccines to Curb Outbreak The Federal Government has assured that it will effectively deploy cholera vaccines provided by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance,...

FCTA Launches Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week Vaccination Exercise The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has announced the launch of the 2024 FCT Maternal Newborn and Child...

UNICEF and Borno Government Join Forces to Combat Child Malnutrition In a significant move to address the pressing issue of child malnutrition in Borno State, the United Nations...